Unfortunately Nintendo has been so flip-floppy on the WiiU that even "core" gamers aren't sure what to think.

Nintendo first says "You can play any game on just the tablet!"
And then "Uh, no, only a few select games will be playable on just the tablet"
They say "Play your entire Virtual Console library on the tablet!"
And then "Uh, no, only some games (if any) will be playable on the tablet"
They say "Check this out! You can take your console games away from the TV"
And then "Uh, no, the WiiU tablet range is a whopping 12 inches"

If Nintendo got their info straight, perhaps we'd be able to get more excited about it.

lol, yeah Nintendo said that the range is 12 inches. Why do you make such a stupid comment.

And it's not only a few select games, I would say more games than not in the launch library can play on the gamepad screen alone. Certain games like ZombiU would make absolutely no sense to play on the gamepad screen only.

VC support on the gamepad screen would be nice, but it's not a deal breaker. I am mostly going to be playing this system on the TV anyways.

Nintendo have already said that anywhere in the same room will be fine with the tablet. As for playing in your bed, it would depend on how many walls and what material is being used. I know, for example, that with my wireless Xbox 360 controller I can go down two flights of stairs to my kitchen and still talk on the headset which is plugged into the wireless controller. My bedroom is only one flight down from my loft (where my games room is), so it will be interesting to see if I can get enough range to play in my bed on the gamepad.

The true Nintendo fans already know everything they need to know about the system. They are on these sites every day reading every bit of information, so they don't need a commercial to come out on TV to understand what it is. These are the same people that snapped up all the preorders and another 250k at least on waiting lists.

I agree that Nintendo hasn't done enough to show the casual market what the difference is between the Wii and the Wii U as some will be confused into thinking it is just an addon. But us gamers know better than that.

My problem is it's coming out so soon and I know virtually nothing on how the Online or interface works...the games are looking promising but you know it's 2012 now. A decent online service is necessary.

To answer the question that this article asks, yes, it very well could. I remember when the Wii info was released. Everyone wanted to try it. With the Wii U, Nintendo is trying to satisfy both the avid gamer crowd and the "blue ocean" crowd at the same time, while leaving both a bit alienated.

Nintendo struck gold with the Wii and the "mainstream" audience, and while I wouldn't call the Wii U dead on arrival, I don't expect it to sell as well as the Wii because the mainstream audience doesn't have that instant "I want it" attitude toward it.

Yeah well selling almost 100 million *or more* consoles is pretty damn hard to repeat, so using you logic if they sell 75 million consoles then it would still be a failure. Personally I don't see how selling out of preorders at most places is a bad thing, but maybe someone can tell me why it is?

I never said anything about the Wii U being a failure. I don't think it will be anywhere near a failure in fact. Compared to the Wii's success, however, I just don't expect the Wii U to hit that "100 million+" mark, at least not at the Wii's pace.

Also, if a console sells out at launch, that's pretty much a given that the company making it is doing something right. I'm satisfied with that.

I think Nintendo will have a great success with the Wii U. I just don't think that the success will outclass the Wii's. We'll just have to see how favorable this holiday season is for Nintendo and the Wii U.

Exactly, its like trolls/fanboys for PS and Xbox want it to just fall on it's face so hard that they'll grasp to any little shread of anything..like they don't see a lot of Wii U ads. My thing is that they don't have to have a crap load of ads right now because the thing well be hard as hell to find for about a month or two.

If you heard something real in the mainstream media at all this year, then it's be the first.

So yeah, it IS possible that millions of people can be onto something and the media is oblivious. That's what they do, be oblivious to big things, and over saturate us with bullcrap that doesn't matter.

Do they talk about Glass-Steagall? No. Do they talk good about Romney or Obama when both are the same idiots? No. Do they talk about the huge potential for WWIII? No. Do they talk about anything, ever, besides Snookie, American Idol, the latest Iphone, what Joe Blow said on twitter, and their corresponding worthless farcebook account?

Sorry, I don't expect the media to figure stuff out and then tell me, if I did, I'd be a complete moron and not know anything about anything.

The media is so behind and oblivious, that there has to be nuclear bombs going off before they realized they missed something. So yeah, the media will finally catch on, late, like they ALWAYS do...and even then, won't understand it, and fail to illustrate it accurately. Just like everything else.

I wouldn't be worried, as word of mouth is 1000x better than any advertising campaign in all forms of media combined can deliver.

nintendo want the hype to come from actual experience with the console and the games...and soon as the commercials start airing and wiiu start selling like hotcakes in november and december the rest will all fall into place...haters will hate of course

Gamers don't need to talk about it. Some of them will buy it, even after posting how bad it sucks. Then the real target audience is the parents and casual people that don't care.....They will buy anything. Throw Angry Birds on it and you will grab their 15 second attention span faster than lightning.

Theres alot of nintendo fans on this site wow>> I want be getting one of these, I bought a wii and as any gamer knows its not that good of a console bring on the xbox and ps4 i want a controller in my hand not a tablet and atleast 250 gigs of space..

There are going to be 5000 wii u demo stations around the usa 100 for each state would be good for the dumbass mainstream audience to enjoy the console that shits on this gen and next gen but haters gonna hate and go masturbate ha ha

No dissrespect but I'm going to go on a limb and say more casual gamers visit sites like cnet and engadget to get the latest on tech. Those sites will talk about the WIIU when it releases. There will be other sites that also review it news stations will talk about the latest gadget and stores will have the unit in there sales adds.

What people need to remember is when you advertise you have to do it for the long run and not all at once. Nintendo only has so much money for marketing but if they want to sale there product for the long haul they need to market for the long haul.

Plus it's sold out for pre orders and I bet people will be sbnatching it up for the rest of the forseable future.